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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the studied units in the selected studies

From: Chemotherapy use and quality of life in cancer patients at the end of life: an integrative review

Sex (male)

Age

Number of chemotherapy samples

Total number of samples

Study

The number of recipients of palliative chemotherapy (male)

Total Number (male)

Medium age recipients of palliative chemotherapy

Average age

a

28

a

55

24

40

Bisht

63

a

64.5

64

125

151

Fujisawa

1717

6339

55

a

2313

9768

Groene

a

182

a

62

350

816

Hui

7

135

a

73

9

147

Kao

60

60

66.4

66.4

100

100

Mayrbäurl 2016

59

59

66.2

66.2

104

104

Mayrbäurl 2011

49

190

65

65.5

87

374

Napa

105

105

67.8

67.8

162

162

Pacetti

85

171

56.3

58.6

158

312

Prigerson

119

215

56.4

58.4

216

386

Wright

112

112

67.1

67.1

187

187

Wintner

216

389

a

a

396

396

Zhang

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